2001 No. 889 (W 40)
EDUCATION, WALES

The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2001

Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 356(2)(c), (5), (6) and (8) and 568(5) and (6) of the Education Act 19961 and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales2.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order is called the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2001 and comes into force on 1 April 2001.

Amendment of Order2.

(1)

The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) Order 19973 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In article 3(1) for “references to levels of attainment, attainment targets, end of key stage descriptions and programmes of study are references to the levels, targets, descriptions and programmes set out in the associated documents” substitute “references to levels of attainment, attainment targets and programmes of study are to the levels, targets and programmes set out in the associated documents.”.

(3)

For article 8 substitute —

“Teacher assessment: geography, history, art music and physical education8.

In the case of geography, history, art, music and physical education, the purpose of the assessment shall be to determine the level of attainment achieved by the pupil in the subject, and the record of the results shall consist of a statement of that level.”.

(4)

Article 9 shall be omitted.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19984
D.Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) Order 1997 in the light of the National Curriculum changes which came into effect in August 2000. Before those changes, there was no provision for measuring, by means of a formal scale, pupils' levels of attainment in art, music and physical education at key stage 3. Instead, for the purpose of measuring pupils' achievements at key stage 3, the National Curriculum contained what were termed “End of key stage descriptions” for each attainment target. Under the new National Curriculum, provision is now made for measuring pupils levels of attainment in those subjects by means of a scale. The amendments which this Order makes to the 1997 Order reflect those changes.